Dear Sopo,

Attached is the fully executed agreement for your records.  Within 30 days after the project is complete, please submit a final report (attached) and a budget reconciliation spreadsheet of the USD 99,000. 

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Manika

Dear Manika,

As agreed,  I am sending you the scanned and signed (by the Minister David Sergeenko) Letter of Agreement for countersignature.

Dear Sopo,

Thank you for your inquiry.  We would prefer that your organization first sign the agreement, then please scan and send it to us for countersignature.  We do not require a hard copy. 

Please let us know if you have further questions.

Thank you,

Manika

Dear Manika,

Hope this email finds you well, we have finished our governmental procedures regarding the grant letter of agreement and it has been approved, for the next step how would you recommend to proceed with the signatures? Do you prefer to sign and change them electronically via email? Or do you prefer to receive hard copy via DHL ?

Looking forward for your suggestions.

Dear Sopo,

We have reviewed the draft amendment to the agreement and are ok with your comments and edits. We have incorporated your edits and attached the final version of the amendment as a pdf.   Per your email, your next step will be to seek approval of the amendment from the government. Once you do so, please sign the amendment and send it to us for countersignature.

Please let us know if you have any questions. 

Thank you,

Manika

Dear Sopo Belkania,

Thank you so much for sending us the edited agreement. You are correct, the two documents that you attached would pertain to Annex B.  We will review your edits on the agreement and get back to you shortly.

Thank you,

Manika

Dear Manika,

I am sending you the GRANT LETTER OF AGREEMENT with the minor changes that we want to discuss/agree on. Please see the comments in the document.

As for the Annex B could you confirm that attached two letters are the annex B that is indicated in the agreement? (Approved Use of Grant Funds.   Grantee shall only use Grant Funds for the Project and as listed out in the Grant Request Proposal dated July 17, 2017 and further clarified on August 29, 2017 (attached to this Letter Agreement as Annexure B).

If you agree with the minor changes we will be starting the procedures for a government approval, As according to Georgian regulations, this agreement has to be approved by Board of Government of Georgia.

Dear Minister Sergeenko,

I hope this finds you well. Thank you again for your prompt responses to our questions.  Attached is an amendment to the original agreement, outlining the carryover funds of $99,000.  Please review this document and if you have no questions, please sign and return to us.  We will countersign and send the fully executed agreement back for your records. Can you please inform us of the projected end date of this project proposal?  Once the program comes to an end and the funds have been depleted, please provide a final report and a budget reconciliation of the $99,000.  Attached is a final report template. 

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Manika

Dear Minister Sergeenko,

 

Thank you for your prompt responses. 

 

We have one follow-up question:

1. Please clarify how the transportation service providers will be selected, e.g. tender? If the service provider is already selected, please provide the name.  

 

Thank you,

Manika

 

From: David Sergeenko [mailto:dsergeenko@moh.gov.ge]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 6:00 AM
To: Manika Lall; David Chitaia
Cc: Korab Zuka; Sopo Belkania; Zaza Sopromadze; Nino Berdzuli; Amiran Gamkrelidze; Ekaterine Adamia
Subject: Re: Zugdidi Screening and HCV Management Centre---reallocation of funds

 

 Dear Manika

 

Please see enclosed file with our answers.

• We are talking about 11 400 patients with 0 co-payment.

     ** Exchange rate is 2.4 GEL = 1 USD.

 

Best Regards

David Sergeenko

 

From: Manika Lall <Manika.Lall@gilead.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:15:51 +0000
To: Davit Sergeenko <dsergeenko@moh.gov.ge>, David Chitaia <dchitaia@moh.gov.ge>
Cc: Korab Zuka <Korab.Zuka@gilead.com>, Sopo Belkania <sbelkania@moh.gov.ge>, Zaza Sopromadze <zsopromadze@moh.gov.ge>, Nino Berdzuli <nberdzuli@moh.gov.ge>, Amiran Gamkrelidze <A.Gamkrelidze@ncdc.ge>, Ekaterine Adamia <eadamia@moh.gov.ge>
Subject: RE: Zugdidi Screening and HCV Management Centre---reallocation of funds

 

Dear Minister Sergeenko,

 

We have reviewed the initial proposal as well as the budget and have a few questions.  Please see below. Thank you in advance for your responses.

 

Please let us know if you have any questions.

 

Thank you,

Manika

 

***

Questions:

 

1.      Please clarify if the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs will be paying the co-payment for patients receiving testing or will there be no co-payments as the full cost of the test will be covered through this grant funding?   

2.      Please provide details of who the payments for the CORE ag testing will be made to.  

3.      Please provide details of who the payments for purchasing the new test systems will be made to. 

4.      Please provide details of who the payments for the transportation costs will be made to. 

 

 

From: David Sergeenko [mailto:dsergeenko@moh.gov.ge]
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 12:21 AM
To: Manika Lall; David Chitaia; Zaza Sopromadze; Nino Berdzuli; Amiran Gamkrelidze; Ekaterine Adamia
Cc: Korab Zuka; Sopo Belkania
Subject: Re: Zugdidi Screening and HCV Management Centre---reallocation of funds

 

Dear Manika

I apologize for delayed reply.

Please see attached file with budget proposal.

Kind Regards

David Sergeenko

 

From: Manika Lall <Manika.Lall@gilead.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:04:51 +0000
To: Davit Sergeenko <dsergeenko@moh.gov.ge>, David Chitaia <dchitaia@moh.gov.ge>, Zaza Sopromadze <zsopromadze@moh.gov.ge>, Nino Berdzuli <nberdzuli@moh.gov.ge>, Amiran Gamkrelidze <A.Gamkrelidze@ncdc.ge>, Ekaterine Adamia <eadamia@moh.gov.ge>
Cc: Korab Zuka <Korab.Zuka@gilead.com>, Sopo Belkania <sbelkania@moh.gov.ge>
Subject: RE: Zugdidi Screening and HCV Management Centre---reallocation of funds

 

Dear Minister Sergeenko,

 

I hope this email finds you well.  Thank you again for providing us with the proposal.  We have reviewed it but would greatly appreciate if you could send us a budget of how the USD 99,000 will be spent.   When creating the budget, please provide as much detail per budget line item as possible. 

 

Please let us know if you have any questions.

 

Thank you,

Manika

 

From: David Sergeenko [mailto:dsergeenko@moh.gov.ge]
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 11:02 AM
To: Manika Lall; David Chitaia; Zaza Sopromadze; Nino Berdzuli; Amiran Gamkrelidze; Ekaterine Adamia
Cc: Korab Zuka; Sopo Belkania
Subject: Re: Zugdidi Screening and HCV Management Centre---reallocation of funds

 

 Dear Manika

 

 Please, see attached document with proposal.

 

Kind Regards

David Sergeenko, MD.

 

From: Manika Lall <Manika.Lall@gilead.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 22:43:06 +0000
To: Davit Sergeenko <dsergeenko@moh.gov.ge>, David Chitaia <dchitaia@moh.gov.ge>
Cc: Korab Zuka <Korab.Zuka@gilead.com>
Subject: Zugdidi Screening and HCV Management Centre---reallocation of funds

 

Thank you David for the introduction. 

 

Dear Minister Sergeenko,

 

We hope this email finds you well. Thank you for your support in making the HCV Management Center a reality for patients. 

 

In terms of the remaining balance of USD 99,000, Gilead is open to considering the reallocation of funds to other related projects. However, we will need a proposal outlining how these funds will be spent (1-2 pages) and a detail budget. 

 

Please let us know if you have any questions.

 

Thank you,

Manika

 

 

Manika Lall

Manager, Public Affairs

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

333 Lakeside Drive

Foster City, CA 94404

Tel: (650) 372-7576

E-mail: Manika.Lall@gilead.com

 

Visit us at www.gilead.com

Follow us on Twitter: @GileadSciences

With our partners, Gilead works to improve the lives of people suffering from serious diseases. Learn more.

 

 

From: David Chitaia [mailto:dchitaia@moh.gov.ge]
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:30 AM
To: Korab Zuka
Cc: Manika Lall; David Sergeenko
Subject: Re: Zugdidi Screening and HCV Management Centre Grant Report

 

Photos part 2.

I was unable to attach all photos to one mail.

Regards,

David Chitaia

 

On 11 July 2017 at 12:22, David Chitaia <dchitaia@moh.gov.ge> wrote:

Dear Korab,

Thank you for the prompt response, and for the opportunity to work with you.

Let me introduce to you Minister David Sergeenko, whom I am adding in CC to this mail.

I believe you are correct and different figures are only a result of fluctuating currency rate.

Furthermore I am attaching to this mail several photos of the Centre and youtube link of the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGrGTwMU9Rc

 

With best Regards,

David Chitaia

 

 

 

On 10 July 2017 at 20:13, Korab Zuka <Korab.Zuka@gilead.com> wrote:

Thank you, David for the report. We’ll let you know if we have any additional questions. In addition, I believe someone may have reached out to Graeme/Clifford about the remaining project balance although they quoted a different number—probably due to fluctuating currency rate. Do you happen to have any pictures of the completed building?

 

Korab

 

From: David Chitaia [mailto:dchitaia@moh.gov.ge]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 4:32 PM
To: Gilead Corporate Grants
Cc: Korab Zuka; Manika Lall
Subject: Zugdidi Screening and HCV Management Centre Grant Report

 

Dear Colleagues,

I avail myself of this opportunity to once again express our greatest gratitude for your help and support.

Attached please find the Report and Budget reconciliation documents for Zugdidi Screening and HCV Management Centre.

Although we had several problems and delays during the construction works, the project is finally completed and operating. The facility and services offered are state of the art and we are glad that with your support we were able to achieve this.

 

If you have any further questions, I will be glad to try to answer them.

With Best Regards,

David Chitaia

Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia.